Monthly Archives: December 2011

STORY SCIENCE, my story consulting services have been moved from my portfolio to their own website.

I am once again publicly offering my story consulting services to the world. My specific, objective feedback allows aspiring and working writers and filmmakers to improve their creative works by not just providing a list of pros and cons, but by showing them what needs to be done to improve their artistic fruits.

If you are interested in my services or know someone who might be interested in my services, please feel free to contact me on the new Story Science website.

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The Fighteris not so much a story about one boxer trying to make his way in the world as a story in which every character is a scrappy fighter in their own respect, each trying to achieve his or her dream in a gritty, realistic world bristling with testosterone and raw emotion, unstained by the airbrushing of Hollywood gloss.

This modern day Cinderella story appears to be about boxing on the surface, an inspiring underdog story about a man who literally never quits. But in truth the film is much, much more. The pseudo-documentary style and directing create an unglamorous world which examines poverty, family, loyalty, love and, of course, boxing, all with a humanistic eye. At the core of the film’s strength is its impressively detailed peek into the complexities of family and family politics.

Acting performances in the film deliver an array of raw emotion in a steady one-two of jabs and thrusts without the forceful injection of artificial drama, while its bold, aggressive characters allow Amy Adams and Christian Bale to thrive in their best acting roles to date—an impressive achievement considering both actors’ extensive experience.

The Fighter, obviously more a labor of love than a labor of money, proves itself to not only be one of the best boxing films ever made, but one of the greatest family dramas of all time.